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Introduction to HL7 (V2)

This is especially useful for implementers, service/support engineers, and system administrators. Not only will you get an introduction of the HL7 standard, you will get to do hands-on exercises and look at messaging.

Detailed Learning Objectives

You will get a basic understanding of the HL7 standard and learn to parse and edit HL7 messages. Much of the operation of a healthcare enterprise relies on administrative and/or order information generated by HL7 messages. In addition, results captured as part of the Electronic Patient Record also depend on imaging as a source for their information. All relevant HL7 messages will be explained using a real-life scenario. Several transactions from the IHE technical framework will be described as well.

Contents & Schedule

Day 1: HL7 Messaging

Overview of HL7 message structure and transactions

Historical Perspective

Trigger Events

Most important Message Types and Data Types, Segments, Fields

Formatting, Several Examples

Patient Registration, Orders and Results using a Practical Scenario

Patient Registration Details

Acknowledgement Rules

Observational Reporting and Order Entry

General Order Message Details

Observation Message Details

Patient Registration Examples (ADT?s)

Note: You might want to bring your laptop to do the hands-on exercises, but just in case, we will also have some laptops for use in class.

What Is Included

Handouts of the slides

HL7 Messaging textbook

Complimentary copy of HL7 parser/message creator and sender with many real-life message examples in softcopy format.